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架 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
3Junior high level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
カか · ka
Kun
か.ける・か.かるka.keru · ka.karu
Meaning
span; mount

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "wood" with 加: to lay timber across — to span, to mount.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカかka架橋かきょう架空かくう書架しょか
Kunかけるkakeru架けるかける

Compare: 掛ける・懸ける・賭ける

Kunかかるkakaru架かるかかる

Compare: 掛かる・懸かる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 架橋かきょう

    bridge building

  • 書架しょか

    bookshelf

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川(かわ)に橋(はし)を架(か)ける工事(こうじ)が始(はじ)まった。

Work to bridge the river has begun.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

書架架橋架書to wri…橋bridge某a cert…桑mulber…棋board…棄abando…楼tower伐fell佳excell…華splend…嫁bride下down
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading カAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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